Of being a Kannadiga and being a Bangalorean Part II

....continuing....

 Prashanth and I went furniture shopping in the beginning of the year, to get a stand to keep on TV on.We found a perfect one, we went to finalize on the price. The salesman refused to budge when I asked to quote a final price. Then, ta dah!!...Prashanth speaks to him calmly in Kannada, please note, even I spoke in Kannada. But he gives more attention to what Prashanth has to say (gender discrimination you think, nope.Other men were also treated like aliens), so finally he agrees to lower the price and waives the delivery charges. The delivery men also speak well to 'actual kannadigas'...humph..!!! i say!!!...sheer discrimination....

It's not just Prashanth, even his friends manage to get things done their way just by speaking in that twang of theirs. So does a friend of mine, Sunitha. I thought it was because she was persistent and adorable, but now I know the truth. It is because she's from Hassan, she does not speak 'bangalore kannada' you see. There were days when she made autos come to seshadripuram and she managed to convince them that they should not take 'double'. Man!!...I could not do that in all my days of travelling in autos and travel I have, a lot. 

You see, you do get treated well in old Bangalore if you speak kannada, but if you speak kannada from Uttara Karnataka or any other kannada that is not 'bangalorean', then you're royalty here. 

       So go ahead, eat jolada roti and ennegai and makkori. :)

Next post - UK lingo (Uttara Karnataka) for the wannabe kings/queens.